Toy animal.



H. 1". TROWBRIDGE.

TOY ANIMAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.4,1911.

1,023,401 Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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H. P. TROWBRIDGB.

TOY ANIMAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1911 Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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HELEN F. TROWBRIDGE, PORT WASHINGTON, NEW .YORK.

'TOY ANIMAL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 4, 1911.. Serial No. 612,184.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HELEN F. Tnowsnmcn, a citizen of the United States, residing at 2 Port Washington, Long Island, New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Animals, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in toy animals for children, which contains many hygienic and sanitary advantages commending it to mothers, and which also furnishes an additional interest and amuse ment to children.

This invention may be applied to any of the ordinary animal or doll figures such as Teddy-bears, dogs, cats, etc., and in the present embodiment I have shown it particularly as applied to a lamb.

In general this invention consists in form-v ing a stuffed body portion into the figure desired, having an inner cover permanently secured about the same to hold the stuffing in place, while ,over this inner cover 1s placed an outer cover constructed to closely fit the stufl'ed body portion and made of material which will resemble the external appearance of the animals skin or fur.

I do not wish my invention to be limited however, to the specific form shown herein as it may be embodied in an of the forms broadly defined in'the appen ed claims.

Referrin to the drawings, Figure 1 shows the lnner stuffed body portion; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the animal toy with its outside cover in place; Fig; 3 is a detached view of the head portion of the outside cover; and Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the body portion of the outside cover.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the stuffed inner cover preferably of smooth fabric sewed or fastened together about the stufling in the. usual way. An outside removable cover of washable material is detachably secured about the body portion 1 and this outer cover is preferably made of two parts indicated-; at 2 and 3, the portion-2 of which is designed to envelop the body portion of the animal, and the part 2 to cover the head. The body portion 2 of the outer cover, is preferably separable alon its back and provided with detachable astening devices or hooks 4 to secure the same snugly about the body of the animal. The head portion 3 is likewise slitted along the back portion of the head suificient to allow the insertion of the animal head therein, and this slit isalso provided with fastening devices or hooks 4 for fastening the same together. The head portion 3 of the outer cover should partly overlap the portion 2 adjacent the neck, and the seam between these two portions may be concealed in any suitable way,

in the present instance by an ornamental collar 6.

It will be observed that the innenbody,

portion 1 of the toy is quite smooth over its exterior and is not provided with any of the usual appendages of an animal, such as cars, eyes, tail, etc. The outer cover 2 and 3 which is designed to envelop this body portion is, however, provided with the usual appendages of the animal, such as cars -5 and tail 5 and eyes 5", so as to give it a lifelike appearance. The advantages of this arrangement for toy animals is that the;

outer covering may be washed and re laced whenever desired .50 that the chil may always have a clean, sanitary plaything.

Furthermore,'the novelty of being. able to remove the outer covering of such a toy animal in a similar way to undressing a doll greatly amuses children. I

When this toy is made up in the form of a lamb, as herein shown, the outer covering may be made of white pile or tufted fabric which resembles very closely that of lambs wool, and is also washable, without deterioratlon.

What I claim is:

1. A toy animal comprising an innerincomplete bodyportion free from appendages and designed to give substantial shape to said animal, an outer removable covering of washable material completely. inclosing said body portion and having appendages thereon to complete the natural appearance of said animal, said covering provided with detachable devices for'being removably secured around said body portion.

2. A toy animal comprising an incomplete body .portion free from appendages and designed to givesubstantial shape to said animal, an outer removable covering of washable material having the external appearance of said animals coat and completely enveloping and closely conforming to the shape of said body portion, said outer covering being formed with the appendages for completing the natural appearance of said animal, and also provided with detachable devices for being removably secured around said body portion.

3. A toy animal comprising an inner incomplete body portion designed to give substantial shape to said anirhal but free from such appendages as the ears, feet and tail, an outer covering of W shable material having the external appearance of said animals coat and completely enveloping and closely conforming to the shape of sad body portion, said outer covering being formed with removably secured around said body portion.

. Signed at New York, New York, this 31 day of March, 1911.

HELEN F. TROWBRIDGE.

Witnesses BEATRICE Mmvxs, ABRAM BERNSTEIN. 

